Another non-fiction book that was wonderfully informative but a slog to get through. Best read a chapter at a time, as each chapter tackles a different subject and read like lengthy magazine articles. Still, the ideas here about how the modern authoritarian holds onto power and how the modern protester works to topple him illuminated corners of the recent waves of protests that I knew little about. Great way to learn more about the current regimes in Venezuela, China, and Russia, and the continued struggle in Egypt, given that your information level is similar to my own.